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Title: History for Kids: The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Tracey Norman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-25-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

"We won a great tactical victory at Pearl Harbor and thereby lost the war." (Admiral Hara Tadaichi)

All Americans are familiar with the "day that will live in infamy." At 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor, the advanced base of the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet, was ablaze. It had been smashed by aircraft launched by the carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. All eight battleships had been sunk or badly damaged, 350 aircraft had been knocked out, and over 2,000 Americans lay dead. Indelible images of the USS Arizona exploding and the USS Oklahoma capsizing and floating upside down have been ingrained in the American conscience ever since. In less than an hour and a half the Japanese had almost wiped out America's entire naval presence in the Pacific.

Less than 24 hours earlier, Japanese and American negotiators had been continuing their diplomatic efforts to stave off conflict in the region, but as they did, President Roosevelt and his inner circle had seen intelligence reports strongly suggesting an imminent attack - though they did not know where. The US rightly believed that Japan would take action to prevent the Americans from interfering with their military activities in Southeast Asia, and American military forces in the Philippines were already bracing for a potential attack. However, as the negotiations were ongoing, the powerful Japanese carrier fleet had been surging southwards through the Pacific while maintaining radio silence. Navy Commander-in-Chief Isoroku Yamamoto, whose code of honor demanded that the Japanese only engage enemies after a formal declaration of war, had been given assurances that his nation would be formally at war with the United States prior to the arrival of his planes over Pearl Harbor.

As it turned out, those assurances were worth nothing, and Yamamoto had been misled by extremists in his government just as the Americans were misled. In fact, the Japanese would infamously deliver documents formally cutting off negotiations with the American government after the attack on Pearl Harbor had already been conducted. Far from a formal declaration of war, America was attacked without warning, plunging the world's largest democracy into history's deadliest conflict.

Pearl Harbor was unquestionably one of the seminal events in American history, and given the nature of the surprise attack, the entry of the US into the war, and the lingering controversies and conspiracy theories, the attack on Pearl Harbor continues to be a highly charged and heavily debated event. History for Kids: The Attack on Pearl Harbor chronicles the history leading up to the surprise attack, including the negotiations between the Japanese and American governments, and the plotting of the attack itself. It also examines the attack, its aftermath, its lasting legacy, and the controversies still surrounding it. Your kids will learn about Pearl Harbor like never before.

Members Reviews:

Great for kids, but contained many errors

I have read several books from the Charles River Editors. However, as a writer and editor myself, I wouldn't call them editors. I would call them rote accepters of words others have written without any fact-checking. This book, as the others I have read from them, was filled with errors, omissions, and inconsistencies.

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Title: Tokyo Rose

Subtitle: The History and Legacy of Iva Toguri and Japan's Most Famous Propaganda Campaign During World War II

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Colin Fluxman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-19-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The subtle art of propaganda campaigns directed against one's enemies has been a feature of war since ancient times. However, its potential for mass psychological impact created a new paradigm with the invention of modern electronic communications. Every nation involved in the Second World War, whether of the Allies or Axis, possessed an agency devoted to the mission of demoralizing and misleading the enemy, and virtually all artistic genres participated.

Japanese propaganda was not a new invention to be used only against the United States. While the US lacked any international audience, preaching mostly to its own, Japan disseminated propagandistic material throughout all the Asian countries it eventually intended to conquer. In the years leading up to World War II, an intense study led by the Japanese government delved into the details of American culture and customs, particularly those dear to men of fighting age. Both countries, at one time or another, assaulted the Chinese world image as represented by "yellow monkeys", or the "yellow peril." Both the US and Japan made excellent use of the "war poster", but among the most striking was an American-created image of a naked white woman slung over the shoulder of a Japanese officer, as if the entire American nation would be raped if the empire was allowed to prevail. By 1945, Japanese animation was in full swing, producing films such Momotaro: Sacred Sailors. American officers are portrayed as bulbous idiots as the noble Japanese seamen save the island. By the end of the war, the US instructed all copies to be destroyed, but one mysteriously survived.

An American citizen stranded in Japan as an enemy alien during the war, Iva Toguri was a regular broadcaster on what became an ongoing thread of what she saw as entertainment for American sailors and their counterparts. The Japanese, generally unable to speak English with the necessary accuracy, sought to cause emotional fatigue among American forces through reminiscing over the music and memories of lost Americana. They believed that Toguri was the ideal on-air personality with whom to accomplish such an end. However, history is less certain as to what actually occurred in Toguri's time at the microphone, and the bulk of examples have since been lost. Her true intentions in speaking for a country she never wished to visit and would not join as a citizen is still debated. Edwin O. Reischauer, an American ambassador from the 1960s, reflected on the Tokyo Rose story as "a mere wartime myth."

Tokyo Rose: The History and Legacy of Iva Toguri and Japan's Most Famous Propaganda Campaign During World War II examines the controversial career and legacy of the war's most famous radio propaganda campaign. You will learn about Tokyo Rose like never before.

Members Reviews:

A young woman caught in the middle and brilliantly surviving

During war there are usually two kinds of people -- THEM which is the enemies; and US which is the heroes. Tokyo Rose to the Allies was a enigma. She was the Japanese version of our "girl next door." And that was the cleverness of the Japanese propaganda in which Iva Toguri became their radio spokeswoman, sidling up to lonely "enemy" soldiers.

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Title: Decolonization

Subtitle: The History and Legacy of the End of Western Imperialism in the 20th Century

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Jim D Johnston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-14-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The US Naval Station Argentia, located in Placentia Bay, a sheltered harbor on Newfoundland Island, was the unlikely setting for one of the most pivotal summit meetings of the 20th century. The meeting took place on August 9, 1941. World War II was in its second year, the British had won the Battle of Britain, but were still encircled by German U-boats, and the British fleet was being decimated in the North Atlantic. In North Africa, a contest of armor was underway as Axis and Allied armies fought for control of Egypt, while Britain and her Commonwealth allies stood alone against the mighty German Wehrmacht.

The British desperately needed more US armaments and supplies, but most importantly, for the US to throw its lot in with the Allies and join the war. In January of that year, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn into office for his third term, realizing at last that US isolationism was no longer a practical policy in a rapidly changing world. Roosevelt made no secret of his support for Britain and China, but grounds for bringing the United States into the war would not fully come until December 7, 1941, when the Japanese launched their infamous surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Members Reviews:

The results were not particularly pretty.

Charles River has done a bunch of books about European colonialism lately, mostly in Africa, but this one covers how Britain and France especially tried to disentangle themselves from overseas empires in the wake of World War II. The results were not particularly pretty.Â

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Title: Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust

Author: Michael J. Bazyler, Frank M. Tuerkheimer

Narrator: Colleen Patrick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-17

Publisher: NYU Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

In the wake of World War II, how were the Allies to respond to the enormous crime of the Holocaust? Even in an ideal world, it would have been impossible to bring all the perpetrators to trial. Nevertheless, an attempt was made to prosecute some. This audiobook uncovers 10 forgotten trials of the Holocaust, selected from the many Nazi trials that have taken place over the course of the last seven decades. It showcases how perpetrators of the Holocaust were dealt with in courtrooms around the world, revealing how different legal systems responded to the horrors of the Holocaust. The audiobook provides a graphic picture of the genocidal campaign against the Jews, through eyewitness testimony and incriminating documents, and traces how the public memory of the Holocaust was formed over time.

Members Reviews:

Well written, different take on Holocaust trials.

Totally riveting, exceptionally readable, detailed account of lesser known Holocaust Trials.

The book arrived 5 4 17 plenty of time looking ...

The book arrived 5 4 17 plenty of time looking foreword too reading and will let you know when finished thanks Les

This is a book that covers trials that have historically ...

This is a book that covers trials that have historically been neglected, or for political reasons obfuscated in mainline literature. A must reading for anyone interested in the concept of war crimes tribunals and international law!

Lesser-known Holocaust Trials

"Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust" by Michael Bazyler and Frank Tuerkheimer, 384 pgs. (Oct. 2014).

At the time of this review, there was no "Look Inside" feature. Hence, following is its "Table of Contents":

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chpt. 1: The Kharkov Trial of 1943: The First Trial of the Holocaust?

Chpt. 2: The Trial of Pierre Laval: Criminal Collaborator or Patriot?

Chpt. 3: The Dachau Trial under U.S. Army Jurisdiction.

Chpt. 4: The Trial of Amon Göth in Postwar Poland: Polandâs âNurembergâ.

Chpt. 5: The Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials in British-Occupied Germany: Women as Perpetrators, Women as Victims.

Chpt. 6: The Einsatzgruppen Trial at Nuremberg: Did Anyone Have to Follow Orders to Kill?

Chpt. 7: The Jewish Kapo Trials in Israel: Is There a Place for the Law in the Gray Zone?

Chpt. 8: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial: The Germans Trying Germans under German Law.

Chpt. 9: The Trial of Feodor Fedorenko: Treblinka Relived in a Florida Courtroom.

Chpt. 10: The Trial of Anthony Sawoniuk at the Old Bailey: The Holocaust in the British Courtroom.

Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors.

So many murders, so few trials of their murderers. This book discusses some of the lesser-known trials.

An Informative Overview, But With A Strong, Though Not Total, Judeocentric Bias

Other reviews of this work already inform the reader of the trials featured herein, and I will not repeat them. Instead, I offer a more analytic perspective of this book.

JEWISH COLLABORATION WITH THE NAZIS: THE DOUBLE STANDARD

The most disappointing chapter in this book is the one on the Kapo Trials in Israel. The authors treat the Holocaust as a self-evidently unique event, making Jews out to be under a different standard from everybody else. Following this dubious reasoning, they summarily reject any criminal wrongdoing on the part of Jews who served the Nazis as Kapos. (pp. 215-217; See especially p. 224).

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Title: American History, USS Indianapolis: The True Story of the Greatest US Naval Disaster

Subtitle: Incredible Secrets of WWII

Author: Patrick Spencer

Narrator: Ralls C. Melotte

Format: Unabridged

Length: 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-14-17

Publisher: MouseWorks Publishing

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The incredible story of how the crew of the USS Indianapolis survived five days in the Pacific Ocean.

His mission was top secret: deliver mysterious components of some superweapon that would end this awful war to the island of Tinian, then return to the fleet to prepare for the invasion of Japan. Little did Captain Charles McVay III know that he would survive his ship's sinking, shark attacks, starvation, and five days adrift in the Pacific Ocean before being rescued. As if that ordeal wasn't enough, American history would record this true story as the greatest US naval disaster and would paint McVay as the ultimate scapegoat.

Discover this untold story of Captain McVay and his amazing men of courage: the crew of the USS Indianapolis.

Members Reviews:

USS Indianapolis- Never Forget!

Very short but powerful relating of the unfortunate treatment of these heroic sailors who provided the parts for one of the two bombs which ended WW Two. Not only were they not credited with their dangerous service, but also ....most died unnecessarily. Those who survived surely suffered a lifelong terror which they were unlikely to ever forget. One would need to be very cold- hearted to read this story without a great deal of emotion!

This book is more geared towards readers that no little about the USS Indianapolis tragedy

this is a short book about the American History, USS Indianapolis: The True Story Of The Greatest US Naval Disaster. The principal problem with the book is that it's too short and could have described the suffering of the sailors plus the trial of the captain in greater detail. Also the reasons for the cover up should have been discussed in greater detail. The book describes an event where naval bureaucracy caused untold suffering to the men of the USS Indianapolis. This book is especially useful for those who have never read anything else about the disaster.

Three Stars

its okay but there are other bnbooks about it as well

Short and Detailed History!

A fair summary of an historical event.

GOOD SHORT ACCOUNT

This is a short well written account of a tragedy at sea. Though I had heard of this evening event I learned some details I did not know. Very worthwhile reading.

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Title: Apollo in the Age of Aquarius

Author: Neil M. Maher

Narrator: L. J. Ganser

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-27-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The summer of 1969 saw astronauts land on the moon for the first time and hippie hordes descend on Woodstock for a legendary music festival. For Neil M. Maher, the conjunction of these two era-defining events is not entirely coincidental. With its lavishly funded mandate to send a man to the moon, Apollo became a litmus test in the 1960s culture wars. Many people believed it would reinvigorate a country that had lost its way, while for others it represented a colossal waste of resources needed to solve pressing problems at home.

Yet Maher also discovers synergies between the space program and political movements of the era. Photographs of "Whole Earth" as a bright blue marble heightened environmental awareness, while NASA's space technology allowed scientists to track ecological changes globally. The space agency's exclusively male personnel sparked feminist debates about opportunities for women. Activists pressured NASA to apply its technical know-how to ending the Vietnam War and helping African Americans by reducing energy costs in urban housing projects.

Against a backdrop of Saturn V moonshots and Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind, Apollo in the Age of Aquarius brings the cultural politics of the space race back down to planet Earth.

Critic Reviews:

"A new and thought-provoking history.... Anyone interested in the space race, the turbulent social politics of the 1960s, and changing ideas about nature and the environment should read this book." (Gretchen Heefner, author of The Missile Next Door)

Members Reviews:

A brilliant look back at our fragile environmental history.

Neil Maher is the most insightful eco-historian of the modern era, connecting the dots between our actions as social beings and the rising awareness of how those actions impact our fragile planet. Weaving concrete observation and intuitive deduction with startling alacrity, Apollo in the Age of Aquarius is a serious scholarly page-tuner that will find great appeal in the wide-world beyond the halls of academia.

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Title: Over Here

Subtitle: The First World War and American Society

Author: David M. Kennedy

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-14-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

The Great War of 1914-1918 confronted the United States with one of the most wrenching crises in the nation's history. It also left a residue of disruption and disillusion that spawned an even more ruinous conflict scarcely a generation later. Over Here is the single most comprehensive discussion of the impact of World War I on American society. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new afterword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author David M. Kennedy, that explains his reasons for writing the original edition as well as his opinions on the legacy of Wilsonian idealism, most recently reflected in President George W. Bush's national security strategy. More than a chronicle of the war years, Over Here uses the record of America's experience in the Great War as a prism through which to view early 20th century American society. The ways in which America mobilized for the war, chose to fight it, and then went about the business of enshrining it in memory all indicate important aspects of enduring American character. An American history classic, Over Here reflects on a society's struggle with the pains of war, and offers trenchant insights into the birth of modern America.

Critic Reviews:

"Libraries will welcome this 25th-anniversary edition of Pulitzer Prize winner Kennedy's critically acclaimed assessment of the impact of World War I on America." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Interesting look at the warfront you never knew existed

World War I has become something of a forgotten war for Americans, overshadowed by WWII. Whatever legacy that remains of the Great War are images of trench warfare, mustard gas, primitive bi-plane dogfights, and the earliest use of tanks. The divides at home, both those deep-seated ones brought out by the war or newer ones created by it, have been all but forgotten. Kennedy brings out these lost legacies of the war. The massive resistance to the war - and even larger efforts to rein in on "slackers" and to spy on potential dissidents - is discussed at length, as are the complex relationships early advocates of civil rights, women's suffragists, and big labor had with the war. Definitely worth a read.

An insightful review of WWI's impact on a very young U.S.

David Kennedy continues to demonstrate a rare ability to convey the impact of major historical events on a young and often isolationist United States. This book is not similar to "Freedom From Fear", his seminal work on the Great Depression thru the conclusion of WWII. That work, while simply magnificent, was a complete history and sought to bring out all major points of importance to the U.S. of a very significant period of time. "Over Here" is more selective in what the author is trying to convey; that is to say that Kennedy expends virtually all his energy focusing on more of the consequents in terms of societal implications rather than of their respective antecedents, ie the actual Great War on a very politically complicated and framented European continent. All serious students of 20th Century American history should consider this required reading.

Truly Outstanding Book about how the Great War was Fought at Home.

A top ten book about the Great War. I've read them all the top tier books (within reason). But be aware of the limited scope of this book.

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Title: Aeroplane Inventors and Daredevils

Subtitle: The First Aeronauts Race for Fame and Fortune

Author: B. Z. Kelly

Narrator: B. Z. Kelly

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-25-17

Publisher: B. Z. Kelly

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

By 1909, internal combustion engines had become powerful enough and light enough that many aeroplane designs could take to the sky. Aeronauts began competing to be the first, the fastest, to fly the highest or fly the longest. Since their flight at Kitty Hawk, the Wrights pursued royalties on their patents. The Aero Club de France was full of aeronauts that were both rivals and collaborators. Santos-Dumont gave away his Demoiselle design, free of royalties, thinking it would bring to mankind a new era of peace and prosperity. The French set world records. English and American aeronauts tried to keep up with the pace of the French. Louis Bleriot crossed the English Channel in an aeroplane powered with just a 24 horsepower engine. Glenn Curtiss applied his experience building motorcycle engines to aviation. Curtiss set a world speed record flying an aeroplane of his design powered by one of his engines.

Before WWI, a wealthy sportsman could design and build an airplane with his own hands, teach himself to fly and compete for fame and fortune. Aero clubs fought to host international racing meets. Thousands of spectators came out to see flying machines race initially at speeds of less than 50 mph, but so close to the ground they sometimes touched wheels. Many of the aeronauts that survived became wealthy.

Aeroplane Inventors and Daredevils brings to life a largely forgotten era in aviation.

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Title: With Their Bare Hands

Subtitle: General Pershing, the 79th Division, and the Battle for Montfaucon

Author: Gene Fax

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-24-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

With Their Bare Hands traces the fate of the US 79th Division - men drafted off the streets of Baltimore, Washington, and Philadelphia - from their training camp in Maryland through the final years of World War I, focusing on their most famous engagement: the attack on Montfaucon, the most heavily fortified part of the German Line, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in 1918.

Using the 79th as a window onto the American Army as a whole, Gene Fax examines its mistakes and triumphs, the tactics of the AEF commander-in-chief General John J. Pershing, and how the lessons it learned during the Great War helped it to fight World War II. Fax makes some startling judgments, on the role of future Army Chief-of-Staff, Colonel George C. Marshall; whether the Montfaucon battle - had it followed the plan - could have shortened the war; and if Pershing was justified in ordering his troops to attack right up to the moment of the Armistice.

Drawing upon original documents, including orders, field messages, and the letters and memoirs of the soldiers themselves, some of which have never been used before, Fax tells the engrossing story of the 79th Division's bloody involvement in the final months of World War I.

Members Reviews:

Authors, learn this lesson

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I'm so tired of authors giving 50% of the story as background. Worst offender was Bernard Cornwell, Bunker Hill. About 10% of that book was on Bunker Hill.

Would you recommend With Their Bare Hands to your friends? Why or why not?

Author starts, predictably, with AEF formation in the states. GET TO THE POINT!

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Title: Stories for 5 to 6 year olds: Collection 1 (Collins Big Cat Audio)

Author: Collins Big Cat, Cliff Moon - editor

Narrator: Collins

Format: Original Recording

Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-06-17

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Can you imagine a world with whales that could walk and giant earth moles? They both lived on Earth long ago, and their relatives still live here today. Explore the terrifying, giant, strange ancestors of everyday creatures in this captivating information audiobook.